Representations of Reality - GeoSim 3D City modeling

Digital 3D modeling of cities is undergoing a significant advance toward new levels of spatial precision and visual fidelity at street level. We will have immersive interaction with these virtual city models, and they will offer new ways to visualize the many data sets generated by the physical city. It will be valuable for us to first understand how human perceptual and cognitive systems couple us to the real world. From there we will appreciate how the fidelity of this new visualization tool will couple us to city information in ways that can fundamentally improve our insights and actions.